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== Hepatic microvascular dysplasia ==
 
  
*Small intrahepatic portal vessels and portal endothelial hyperplasia which allows abnormal communication between portal and systemic circulation.
 
*Can develop as a separate entity or in conjunction with a portosystemic shunt.
 
*Can cause c/s similar to those of PSS.
 
*[[Control of Feeding - Anatomy & Physiology#The Vomit Reflex|Vomiting]], [[Diarrhoea|diarrhoea]], [[Urinary System - Anatomy & Physiology|urinary tract]] changes associated with ammonium biurate urolithiasis, stunted growth, prolonged recovery from anesthesia.
 
*Average age of presentation =3yrs.
 
*Mainly small dogs, esp. Yorkies
 
*Females>males
 
===Histology===
 
 
**Arteriolarization of central veins
 
**smooth muscle proliferation (segmental) within the walls of central veins
 
**random distribution of small calibre vessels
 
**endothelial hyperplasia within portal triads
 
**dilation of periacinar vascular spaces.
 
**May also see decreased diameter of intrahepatic veins.
 
*Can’t be accurately distinguished from PSS alone.
 
*Seen in older dogs than PSS
 
*Higher MCV, serum postprandial bile acid concentrations, serum albumin and cholesterol concentrations when PSS and HMD together, compared to HMD alone.
 
 
== Idiopathic noncirrhotic portal hypertension ==
 
 
JAVMA paper
 
*Portal hypertension
 
*Sustained impairment of forward venous  flow anywhere along the path from the portal vein to the right side of the heart.
 
*Luminal (thrombosis, parasites) or extraluminal obstruction (hepatic fibrosis or nodular regeneration) or relative restriction of flow due to massive portal volume overload (arterioportal fistulas).
 
*Hepatomegaly associated with posthepatic obstruction
 
*Microhepatica – associated with prehepatic/hepatic causes.
 
*Hepatic encephalopathy and GI bleeding not associated with posthepatic causes.
 
*Most common causes are RHS heart failure and severe diffuse hepatobiliary disease that results in cirrhosis.
 
===Histology===
 
*indistinguishable from microvascular dysplasia or surgically created portosystemic shunts
 
**Portal triad arteriole proliferation
 
**portal veins small to large
 
**variable portal triad fibrosis
 
**hepatic lobule size variation
 
**arterioles scattered throughout hepatic parenchyma
 
**portal veins – small
 
**expanded perivenular connective tissue by arterioles and distended lymphatics.
 
 
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